Adult individuals of Ranitomeya aetherea sp. Koch et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 Considered one of Earth's most toxic species, poison dart frogs come in a wide range of bright colors ...

Bright colours in the wild usually mean one thing– danger. And for some frogs, those colours are their way of warning others ...

Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a ...

Hailing from the same tropical rainforests as the poison dart frog, the charismatic red-eyed tree frog represents a rainbow of colors packed into one tiny amphibian body, with its bright green ...

Poison dart frogs are hard to miss. They’re bright, agile, and as their name suggests, toxic. But at least a few of these showy amphibians have gone under the radar, until now.

They were poison dart frogs, and they were unlike any others the expedition team had seen before. Jet back with metallic turquoise-green stripes and orange “chrome” limbs, these frogs were ...

New species of poison dart frog with metallic turquois stripes and chrome orange limbs discovered in the forest along Eiru River in Brazil’s Amazonas state.

New species of poison dart frog with metallic turquois stripes and chrome orange limbs discovered in the forest along Eiru River in Brazil’s Amazonas state.

New species of poison dart frog with metallic turquois stripes and chrome orange limbs discovered in the forest along Eiru River in Brazil’s Amazonas state.

New species of poison dart frog with metallic turquois stripes and chrome orange limbs discovered in the forest along Eiru River in Brazil’s Amazonas state.

New species of poison dart frog with metallic turquois stripes and chrome orange limbs discovered in the forest along Eiru River in Brazil’s Amazonas state.